FirstV8 Posted August 6, 2017 Share I last cycled 20 years ago and have recently started again . I know the community was smaller back then but being friendly to other cyclist on the road was what we did . When i come across cyclists coming in the opposite direction i always greet and raise my hand as a gesture . What i have found in the past 2 months is that very few acknowledge this and blatantly ignore me . Am i just old school or are those cyclists just to stuck up to greet a fellow bikey . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonus Posted August 6, 2017 Share I last cycled 20 years ago and have recently started again . I know the community was smaller back then but being friendly to other cyclist on the road was what we did . When i come across cyclists coming in the opposite direction i always greet and raise my hand as a gesture . What i have found in the past 2 months is that very few acknowledge this and blatantly ignore me . Am i just old school or are those cyclists just to stuck up to greet a fellow bikey . The world is a different place than it was 20 years ago.Some things are better and some things are worse :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas_187 Posted August 6, 2017 Share True, I just started last year and acknowledge the same riders on the early morning ride between suikerbossie and sea point... no response! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Bob Posted August 6, 2017 Share Do what you do and let the others worry about it. I say G'day to everyone when I'm riding always have. Sometimes you get a response and sometimes you don't and sometimes you get to meet someone you wouldn't have had, have a yarn and enjoy the ride a bit more. When it's Argus time you just can't as there are too many people on the road and you'll lose your voices or get RSI from waving. I try to respond to everyone who greets me in either direction but sometimes in I'm doing intervals or training then it's not always possible to breath let alone throw back an acknowledgment. Guys may have not seen you or been concentrated on something else at that moment and throw a wave out at the next guy they pass... or they might not be the 'hello' kind. Just keep on keeping on. Maybe the non wavers will get into it, because of your cheery wave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intern Posted August 6, 2017 Share I wave always. It is something I do. If someone else doesn't, that's just something they do. Don't let it change you from being awesome and friendly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox3 Posted August 7, 2017 Share I last cycled 20 years ago and have recently started again . I know the community was smaller back then but being friendly to other cyclist on the road was what we did . When i come across cyclists coming in the opposite direction i always greet and raise my hand as a gesture . What i have found in the past 2 months is that very few acknowledge this and blatantly ignore me . Am i just old school or are those cyclists just to stuck up to greet a fellow bikey . I have often wondered why the unfriendlies look so unhappy...are they not having fun? Anyway I agree with your sentiment 100%. A small nod or simple raising of the fingers is not so much to ask. Peeves me sometimes and now I even find myself not being friendly sometimes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSoBigBen Posted August 7, 2017 Share It would seem to me the miserable ones are the ones going out 'seeking waves' [emoji849] Jeez guys just ride your bike, wave if you want but why worry about people who don't? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertusras Posted August 7, 2017 Share It would seem to me the miserable ones are the ones going out 'seeking waves' [emoji849] Jeez guys just ride your bike, wave if you want but why worry about people who don't? I have to agree with that. Sometimes I don't wave back, I admit. I'm either hurting with my head down for most of the time, or there was debris in the road and I didn't want to take my hands off the bars, it happens. However, since I've been riding the gravel bike I've been feeling a little left out. The roadies think I'm a dirty, and the dirties think I'm a roadie. No waves for me at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanievb Posted August 7, 2017 Share I greet everyone, even if they don't greet back. It's just good manners. When I say everyone, I exclude the "elite" athletes with their tri-bars as they are a cut above everyone else and may only be greeted by someone in compression socks while wearing some other branded tri gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaper Posted August 7, 2017 Share Must be getting warmer and people must be getting out more.... this has been discussed to death meany times and comes up at least once a year if not more often!! Just ride your bike !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenzman Posted August 7, 2017 Share I always try this on the route from Seapoint to Hout Bay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coppi Posted August 7, 2017 Share There are soooo many riders out there nowadays that greeting every rider is not possible............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dgas Posted August 7, 2017 Share Must be a Cape Town thing. Riding in the Cradle yesterday, plenty of riders greeting each other. On the other hand there were a few 100 riders in the Cradle, how many times is everybody expected to greet another rider? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadre Posted August 7, 2017 Share Some Saturday mornings the roads from Suncoast Casino to Breakers in Umhlanga look like a combination of Comrades and 94.7 with runners and cyclists. I find most very friendly and "Good morning" is the rule rather than the exception.We share the roads with respect and most often return a greeting. East Coast CC, Kings Park CC, and Batsalani are well known for being very friendly.These club riders maintain their friendly demeanor when doing their solo thing wearing club colours.So, it is a norm to be friendly rather than a compelling club rule.A nice "good morning" just adds to a good time on the bike.As for the odd rider or runner not returning a "good morning".... really.... that is no skin off my nose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cippo Posted August 7, 2017 Share Hi. I am a roadie from Cape Town and I greet other cyclists when I can. Sometimes I even greet runners and mountain bikers. If I greet someone on the bike or even in the street I don't expect a similiar response just as when you give charity you should'nt expect a thank you or recognition because maybe you doing it for the wrong reason to get recognition. If you don't rerurn my greeting you can then go home and have it bother you or not later on. My day is not gonna change. If someone greets me I will definitely return it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchelicious Posted August 7, 2017 Share I last cycled 20 years ago and have recently started again . I know the community was smaller back then but being friendly to other cyclist on the road was what we did . When i come across cyclists coming in the opposite direction i always greet and raise my hand as a gesture . What i have found in the past 2 months is that very few acknowledge this and blatantly ignore me . Am i just old school or are those cyclists just to stuck up to greet a fellow bikey .The cycling community has absorbed all those guys who think "cycling is the new golf", so those guys who used to sandbag their handicaps and placed their balls in the rough, are now out on bicycles. Don't be offended because they are being knobdeads. They will be knobheads in their next hobby too. I don't always greet (could be because of intervals, mid thought, your short socks, being angry at clouds etc), but if I'm greeted I will make an effort to greet back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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